The supply side.

A French developer of large-scale (over 50,000 ha) nature-based removal projects, reforestation, mangroves and wetlands across emerging markets, financed through the 1.5bn euro Averrhoa fund with Ardian.

A climate project developer and carbon advisory firm (now part of Karbon-X) that originates nature-based and technology-based projects across Africa, Latin America and Asia and commercialises the resulting credits.

A Belgian non-profit that develops and runs locally-led tropical forest restoration projects (Zambia, Ethiopia, Senegal and beyond), delivering carbon and biodiversity outcomes with communities.

A Brazilian carbon-removal developer reforesting degraded Amazon pastureland with native species, with removal offtake agreements from Google, Microsoft and Meta.

An NGO running reforestation and agroforestry around Idiofa (Kwilu, DR Congo) as local developer for Gold Standard certified credits, on a long-run 100,000 ha target.

A Kenya-based social enterprise running a smallholder micro-forestry model, supplying seedlings and support to farmers on small plots to grow timber and generate afforestation credits.

A firm managing teak reforestation on degraded reserve land in the Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve, Ghana (over 3M teak trees), developing Cercarbono-certified reforestation credits.

The Senegalese NGO behind the Sine Saloum and Casamance community mangrove restoration (with the Livelihoods Carbon Fund); a landmark blue-carbon programme now scrutinised over "ghost carbon" survival concerns.

A community-centred conservation company that pioneered VCS REDD+ (Kasigau Corridor, Kenya) and runs avoided-deforestation projects in DR Congo and Colombia; a leading developer whose REDD+ credits face published integrity and rights criticism.

A majority African-owned social enterprise developing long-term forest REDD+ projects in Zambia and Mozambique, including the ~2.1M ha Luangwa Community Forests Project, the largest African REDD+ by area.

A reforestation company and seed-to-forest accelerator whose free, open-source Terraware platform runs the full restoration lifecycle (seed banking, nursery, planting and monitoring) for over 1,140 organisations across 104 countries, alongside financing so partner teams can launch and scale biodiverse projects that produce verified credits.

An Amsterdam-based reforestation firm developing technology-driven restoration on degraded land across 14+ countries, using data, drones and monitoring to raise seedling survival and generate carbon outcomes.

A Dutch non-profit scaling landscape restoration across Sub-Saharan Africa using water bunds ("earth smiles") and farmer-managed natural regeneration alongside smallholder farmers in Kenya and Tanzania.

A Nairobi-based clean-cookstove maker and vertically integrated carbon developer, reporting over 5 million stoves distributed across 12 African countries. In July 2025 its Kenyan cookstove project received the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles label.

A Kenya-based maker of solar-powered irrigation pumps for smallholder farmers, using Verra-standard carbon credits (crediting from August 2020) to subsidise the upfront pump cost. Backed by British International Investment and Shell Foundation.

A solar and biomass mini-grid developer operating in India and Nigeria. In 2023 it became the first mini-grid company in Nigeria to sell carbon offsets, extending community energy access into carbon finance.

An Australia-based developer of IoT-enabled biodigesters and induction cookstoves in Cambodia, Bangladesh and beyond, issuing Gold Standard credits via digital MRV. Reports over $34M in carbon-credit purchase offers, including a multi-year Engie agreement.

A social enterprise making efficient biomass and gas cookstoves, with production or distribution in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, India, Peru and others under Gold Standard and UNFCCC. In September 2025 it closed an Article 6.2 cookstove deal in Ghana.

A Mumbai-based clean-cookstove manufacturer founded in 2010, reporting over 3 million stoves sold. In 2023 the Asian Development Bank signed a $6.5M loan to fund 1 million improved cookstoves, with carbon credits sold via a subsidiary.

A biogas-technology company installing biodigesters for smallholder farmers across India, Kenya, Mexico and other markets under Gold Standard. In March 2026 it launched FarmCarbon, a $53M carbon-finance vehicle to fund over 90,000 biodigesters.

A landscape-restoration organisation founded in 2005 and rebranded from Eden Reforestation Projects in 2024, working across Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Nepal and the Philippines. Its carbon flagship is the Chimanimani project in Mozambique.